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MPCA expands list of polluted waters

(AP) - The list of polluted waters in Minnesota just
keeps getting longer.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is adding 287 lakes and
streams to its list of impaired waters, bringing the total to
1,469.

The agency said it has measured pollution levels in only a
fraction of the state's waters.

The updated list includes bodies of
water contaminated with fecal coliform bacteria and phosphorus, as
well as the Minneapolis chain of lakes where industrial chemicals
once manufactured by 3M Co. have been found in fish.

The waters on the list are polluted beyond safe levels for
public use, and regulators have to come up with ways to restore
them.

The agency plans a series of public meetings about the polluted
waters starting in two weeks.